Corn gathering and husking machine.



G. YOUNGER. CORN GATHERING AND HUSKING MAGHINB.

APPLICATION FILED 1,111.9, 1914.

1101,607 Patented June so, 1914.

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C. YOUNGER. CORN GATHBRING AND HUSKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.e, 1914.

L l 0 1,607., Patented June 30, 1914.

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rr rare rarnnr ernten CHARLES YOUNGER, OF RUSIIVILIJE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF T0 ALPHE-US P. WALKER, OF RUSHVILLE, INDIANA, AND ONE-HALFTO CHARLES B. SMITH, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND MARSHALL E. NEWIIOUSE,OF RUSHVILLE, INDIANA.

CORN GATHERING AND I-IUSKING MACHINE.

Patented J une 30, 1914.

Application led January 9, 1914. Serial No. 811,183.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES YOUNGER, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Rushville, county of Rush, andState of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Corn Gatheringand Husking Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanyingv drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of combinedcorn gathering and husking machine such as shown in my formerapplications for United States Letters Patent No. 675,624, filedFebruary 5, 1912, and Serial No. 710,870, iiled July 22, 1912. v

The frame on which the gathering and snapping means are mounted isfulcrumed between its ends to the mainframe so that the forward end ofthe gathering means may be vertically adjusted to suit the condition ofthe stalks of corn upon which the machine is operated and also a huskingmeans is fulcrumed 'between its ends transversely of the machine andsaid frame carryingthe gathering means and snapping rolls. My presentinvention combines with said parts a connection and a conveyer forconveying the corn from the gathering means and snapping rolls to thehusking machanism, so that any adjustment of the gathering means willcause a corresponding adJustment of the husking means to enable theconveyer to satisfactorily operate between said parts.

Another feature of the invention consists in the particular constructionof conveyer having a trough containing a main endless belt conveyer anda coperating belt conveyer inv the portion of said trough which extendsupward and through which the corn must be elevated as it passes fromythe snapping rolls to the husker.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the machine with theconveyer and other parts omitted for the sake of clearness. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the machine in complete form. Fig. 3 is a verticallongitudinal section through the conveyer. Fig. Ll is a section acrossthe conveyer on the line wt of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section through apart of the driving mechanism, parts being broken away. Fig. 6 is asection on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

There is shown herein a main frame carried upon suitable wheels 11 and12, the particular means for transporting said frame being immaterial tothis invention. There is a gathering means consisting of a pair offorwardly extending gathering guides 12 parallel with each other andsnap rolls 13 and 14C, which are mounted, as will hereafter beexplained, upon a frame consisting of the bars 15 and 16, which clearlyappears in Fig. 1. This frame is fulcrumed between its ends on a fulcrum17 which extends from the main frame and is substantially in alinementwith the axis of the main ground wheel 11, so that said frame,consisting of the parts 15 and 16 and which will hereafter' be termed agathering frame for the sake of brevity, can be vertically oscillated soas to lower or elevate the forward ends of the gathering guides 12 tosuit the varying conditions of the corn stalks in the field at the timethe machine is being used. If some of the stalks are down or close tothe ground, it is desirable to lower the gathering guides and when suchis not t-he condition it is more desirable to have the advancing pointsof said guides higher.

The form and construction of the gathering guides 12 need not be hereexplained because they constitute no novel part of this invention andtheir nature is familiar' in the art and may be the same as shown in myformer applications. They guide the corn stalks into a point between therear ends of said guides and then as the machine progresses the stalksare drawn so the snapping rolls 13 and 14 will snap ofi3 the ears ofcorn and they fall over into the conveyer 20, as indicated in Fig. 4.The snapping roll 14 is located adjacent the upper inside edge of theconveyer 20 and the other snapping roll is on a higher plane so thatt-he corn will fall by gravity from the snap rolls into the conveyer.

The snap rolls are driven by a beveled pinion 21 which meshes with abeveled gear 22 on a shaft 23 which is mounted in bearings, one ofwhich, 24, is shown mounted in connection with the main frame. Thebeveled gear 22 is driven by a beveled pinion 25, see Fig. 5, on a shaft6 mounted in bearings 27 secured to and extending up from bar-15 of thegathering frame and connected by a universal joint to a shaft 28 mountedin a yoke 29 and having a beveled pinion 30 meshing with a beveledpinion 31 on a driven shaft 32. The universal joint is made so as toallow ample longitudinal play to permit the beveled pinion 25 to remainin mesh with its gear 22 when the rear part of the gathering frame istilted up or down.

The husking mechanism is mounted in frame 130 which is supported betweenits ends by a bracket 131 fulcrumed on a. rod 132 so that the huskingframe extends transversely of the machine and is oscillatable on saidfulcrum. The details of the husking machine need not here be consideredas that is immaterial., but the husking frame is pivotally connectedwith the rear end of the gathering frame by a connecting bar 33.Therefore, when the forward end of the gathering frame is tilteddownward, its rear end and also the husking frame are correspondinglytilted upward and vice versa.

The conveyer 20 has a forward horizontal portion and a rearward upwardlyextending portion which is nearly vertical, as appears in Fig. 3. It issupported on a cross bar 35 and a bracket 36 connected with thegathering frame, as seen in Fig. 1, so as to tilt with said frame. Theupper rear end 120 of the conveyer frame extends rearwardly over the topof the husking frame so as to discharge into the same regardless of thetilting portion of the gathering frame and husking frame. Hence, theconveyer will always be in operative position with reference to thehusking frame.

The conveyer as awhole consists of the trough portion 20 which isstationary excepting as it is moved by the tilting of the gatheringframe and in it there is an endless conveyer 40 having transverse slatsand running over a roller 41 at the forward end and a roller 42 at theupper rear end, and the upper side near the upper rear end rides over aroller 43 and throughout the remainder of its length the upper partoperates under longitudinal flanges 44 which prevent the upper side ofthe conveyer from moving upward, as seen in Fig. 4. To help convey theears of corn 45 through the upwardly extending part of the conveyer,there is an endless slatted belt 46 on rollers 47 and 48 which extendsparallel with the conveyer and the two adjacent sides of the belt 46andconveyer 4() coperate in holding the ears of corn between them toprevent the ears of corn from dropping down.

The invention claimed is:

1. In a corn gathering and husking matending longitudinally of the mainframe and fulcrumed thereon so that the front end thereof can beelevated and lowered, husking means extending transversely 0f the mainframe and fulcrumed thereon, a connection between the gathering meansand one end of the husking means for causing simultaneous andcorresponding tilting movement of said two means', and conveyer meansmounted in connection with the gathering means for conveying the corntherefrom and discharging it into the husking means.

2. A corn gathering and husking machine including a main frame, agathering frame extending longitudinally thereof and fulcrumed bet-Weenits ends thereto7 gatheringmeans mounted on the forward portion of saidgathering frame, a husking frame fulcrunzed to the main frame, aconnection between the rear end of the gathering-frame and one end ofsaid husking frame for causing simultaneous movement of the two frames,and means mounted on the gathering frame for receiving the corn from thegathering means and conveying it and discharging it into the end of thehusking frame which is connected with the gathering frame. Y

3. A corn gathering and husking machine including a main frame, agathering frame extending longitudinally thereof and fulcrumed theretobetween its ends, means mounted on the forward end of said gath-` eringframe for receiving and guiding the corn stalks to the machine, snaprolls mounted on said gathering frame for receiving said corn stalks andseparating the ears of corn therefrom, a husking frame fulcrumed to themain frame, a connection bet-Ween the rear end of the gathering frameand the husking means, and a conveyer mounted on the gathering framewith its lower forward end in position to receive the ears of corn fromthe snap rolls and to elevate and discharge the same into the huskingframe.

4. A corn gathering and husking mach-ine including a main frame, agathering frame extending longitudinally thereof and fulcrumed theretobetween its ends, means mounted on the forward end of said gatheringframe for receiving and guiding the corn stalks to the machine, snaprolls mounted on said gathering frame for receiving said corn stalks andseparating the ears of corn therefrom, a husking frame fulcrumed to themain frame, a connect-ion between the rear end of the gathering frameand the husking means, a conveyer mounted on the gathering frame withits lower forward end in position to receive the ears of corn from thesnap rolls and to elevate and discharge the same into the husking frame,means mounted on the gathering frame for operating the snap rolls, andmeans mounted on chine, a main frame, gathering means eX- the main frameflexibly connected with said snap roll operating means for driving thesame during t-he various positions of the gathering frame.

5. A corn gathering and husking mach-ine including a main frame, agathering frame extending longitudinally thereof and fulw crumed theretobetween its ends, means mounted on the forward end of said gat-heringframe for receiving and guiding the corn stalks to the machine, snaprolls mount-- ed on said gathering frame for receiving said corn stalksand separating the ears of corn therefrom, a husking frame fulcrumed tothe main frame, a connection between the rear end of the gathering frameand the husking means, a conveyer mounted on the gathering frame withits lower forward end in position to receive the ears of corn from thesnap rolls and to elevate and discharge the same into the husking frame,a shaft mounted in connection with said gathering frame behind itsfulcrum, means driven by said shaft for operating the snap rolls, and adriving shaft mounted on said main frame and connected with saidfirst-mentioned shaft by a universal joint for driving the same.

6. A corn gathering and husking machine including a main frame, agathering frame extending longitudinally thereof and fulcrumed theretobetween its ends, means mounted on t-he forward end of said gatheringframe for receiving and guiding the corn stalks to the machine, snaprolls mounted on said gathering frame for receiving said corn stalks andseparating the ears of corn therefrom, a husking frame fulcrumed to themain frame, a connection between the rear end of the gathering frame andthe husking means, a conveyer mounted on the gathering frame with itslower forward end in position to receive the ears of corn from the snaprolls and to elevate and discharge the same into the husking frame, ashaft mounted in connection with said gathering frame behind itsfulcrum, means driven by said shaft for operating the snap rolls, adriving shaftmounted in the main frame, beveled gear on t-he endthereof, a yoke loosely mounted on said shaft with the arms extending oneach side of said gear, another shaft mounted in said yoke and connectedby a universal joint with the first-mentioned shaft, and a beveledpinion on said yokenzounted shaft meshing with the beveled gear on thedriving shaft.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

CHARLES YOUNGER.

itnesses MARSHALL E. NEWHERN,

GEO. W. YOUNG.

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